12 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



tion of these mounds and the methods of burial were of a 

 character which differentiates them from any other that have 

 so far been reported to the bureau. They do not seem to 

 belong with those to the east of the Mississippi, or with 

 those which are so numerous to the westward. 



A full report, with map and illustrations, has been 

 prepared. 



During the months of April, May, and June, Mr. H. W. 

 Krieger, curator of ethnology of the National Museum, was 

 detailed to engage in field work for the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology. He was authorized by the chief of the bureau 

 to proceed to WaUa Walla, Wash., and vicinity for the pur- 

 pose of studying the archeology of the upper Columbia 

 River Valley, thence to proceed to southeastern Alaska to 

 undertake the restoration of Old Kasaan, a national monu- 

 ment on Prince of Wales Island 



A careful inspection was made of the various collections 

 of archeological material gathered by members of the Colum- 

 bia River Archeological Society at Walla Walla, Wenatchee, 

 Quincy, and other points in the State of Washington. 



Accompanied by Mr. H. T. Harding, a local archeologist, 

 who had spent over 20 years in archeological investigations 

 along the upper Columbia, a reconnaissance was undertaken 

 from The Dalles, in Oregon, to Wenatchee, Wash., for the 

 purpose of plotting a map of the known archeological sites 

 and selecting likely stations for excavation. The old Indian 

 camp site at Wahluke Ferry, located at the extreme southern 

 extent of the big bend of the Columbia, was selected as the 

 most promising. There were no traces of previous disturb- 

 ance by curio hunters. The ruins of the old Indian camp 

 site and the cemetery near by yielded several hundred 

 objects, most of which had been placed in the group burials 

 as ceremonial offerings accompanying the cremation form ot 

 burial. No objects were found in the more deeply placed 

 graves where no cremation practices had been observed. 



The restoration of the national monument of old Kasaan, 

 southeast Alaska, has long been the ambition of the chief ot 

 the bureau, but conditions at this unique old Haida village 



